The great 20th-century lyrical singers North America
Domingo or Callas? Fleming or Lanza? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle a field as large and diverse as the lyrical art, covering 10 centuries of history: there are many lyrical artists in the world. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English lyrical singer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in France, Roberto Alagna, a French tenor, is more popular than the Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova, who is more renowned throughout the world.
Timeline of lyrical singers, between 1900 and 2000+ in North America
Whoever wants to discover opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in this field. So : Domingo (Spanish tenor and conductor) or Callas (American-born Greek operatic soprano) ? Horne (American mezzo-soprano opera singer) or Stade (American singer and recording artist) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular lyrical singers around the world, for those living or having lived en North America, between 1900 and 2000+. And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Lyrical singers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformers 2021
This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).
Top 10 lyrical singers in North America for the years 1900-2000+
Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1900-2000+ era in North America? The carreer of these musician has marked the history of lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.
Here are these 10 lyrical singers, renowned artists from around the world:
The selections of musicians (lyrical singers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to the composers, their works, the performers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.
What about the others? 25, 50 or more?
Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more lyrical singers. Battle, Price, Sills, Legrand, Lehmann, Norman, Elfman...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 14000 lyrical singers. So here is a selection of some lyrical singers for the years 1900-2000+, in North America, widely recognized around the world:
Note:
- This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
Adele AddisonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 95 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Licia AlbaneseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1909-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Emma AlbaniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1847-1930 (Romantic)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Frances AldaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1879-1952 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kate AldrichThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Roberta AlexanderThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Lucine AmaraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 94 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
June AndersonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Marian AndersonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1897-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Keith AndesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1920-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Charles AnthonyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1929-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Francisco AraizaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Desi ArnazThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1917-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Arleen AugerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1939-1993 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Emilie AutumnThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 41 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Hank BallardThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1927-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Kathleen BattleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Isabel BayrakdarianThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Cathy BerberianThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1925-1983 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Rockwell BlakeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rosa BlasiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Angel BlueThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Barbara BonneyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Russell BraunThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Avery BrooksThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Anne BrownThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1912-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lawrence BrownleeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Grace BumbryThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 84 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Maria CallasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1923-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Gabor CarelliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1915-1999 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Kitty CarlisleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1910-2007 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Hoagy CarmichaelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1899-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Shannon Chan-KentThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 32 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lili ChookasianThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1921-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Natalie ChoquetteThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mary CostaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 91 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Richard CrooksThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1900-1972 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
David DanielsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Anita DarianThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1927-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lionel DaunaisThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1901-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Joyce DiDonatoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mattiwilda DobbsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1925-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Plácido DomingoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 80 (20th century)
Conductor & Lyrical singer
Oralia DomínguezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1925-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pauline DonaldaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1882-1970 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Helen DonathThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 81 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Margaret DumontThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1882-1965 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Deanna DurbinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1921-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Nelson EddyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1901-1967 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Marta EggerthThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1912-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Danny ElfmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 68 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Rosalind EliasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1930-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Simon EstesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 83 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Maria EwingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 71 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Geraldine FarrarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1882-1967 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gerald FinleyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 61 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Renée FlemingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Mark ForestThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 88 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maureen ForresterThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1930-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
David FosterThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 71 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Florence Foster JenkinsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1868-1944 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Sergio FranchiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1926-1990 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Olive FremstadThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1871-1951 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Diamanda GalásThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Amelita Galli-CurciThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1882-1963 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mary GardenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1874-1967 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Éva GauthierThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1885-1958 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Vivica GenauxThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Dusolina GianniniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1902-1986 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Filippa GiordanoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alma GluckThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1884-1938 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Susan GrahamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Kathryn GraysonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1922-2010 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Reri GristThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 89 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Jerry HadleyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1952-2007 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Thomas HampsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 66 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Barbara HanniganThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Minnie HaukThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1851-1929 (Romantic)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Barbara HendricksThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Ben HeppnerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jerome HinesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1921-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Louise HomerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1871-1947 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marilyn HorneThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lorraine Hunt LiebersonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1954-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ramin KarimlooThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
James KingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1925-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Werner KlempererThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1920-2000 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Miliza KorjusThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1909-1980 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Isa KremerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1887-1956 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gregory KundeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Mariusz KwiecieńThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Mario LanzaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1921-1959 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Agustín LaraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1897-1970 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Jennifer LarmoreThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Evelyn LearThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1926-2012 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Michel LegrandThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1932-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Lotte LehmannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1888-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marie-Nicole LemieuxThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
LiberaceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1919-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Emanuel ListThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1888-1967 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
George LondonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1920-1985 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jeanette MacDonaldThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1903-1965 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Jean MadeiraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1918-1972 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lois MarshallThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1924-1997 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Margaret MatzenauerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1881-1963 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
John McCormackThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1884-1945 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
James McCrackenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1926-1988 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Audra McdonaldThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 51 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Claron McFaddenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Ellen McLainThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 68 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sylvia McNairThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
George M. CohanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1878-1942 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Lyrical singer
Bejun MehtaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Ethel MermanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1908-1984 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Robert MerrillThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1917-2004 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Chris MerrittThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Néstor Mesta ChairesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1908-1971 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Julia MigenesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Zinka MilanovThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1906-1989 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Richard MillerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1926-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
David MillerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Sherrill MilnesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 86 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Michael MinskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1918-1988 (20th century)
Conductor & Lyrical singer
Anna MoffoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1932-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Meredith MonkThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 78 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Grace MooreThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1898-1947 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
James MorrisThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 74 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Catherine NaglestadThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Randy NewmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Marni NixonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1930-2016 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lillian NordicaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1857-1914 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Jessye NormanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1945-2019 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lisette OropesaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
John OsbornThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lina PagliughiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1907-1980 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Edward Patrick JohnsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1878-1959 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jan PeerceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1904-1984 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Mary Beth PeilThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 81 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Roberta PetersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1930-2017 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Adrianne PieczonkaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lily PonsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1898-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rosa PonselleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1897-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Harve PresnellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1933-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Leontyne PriceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 94 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carlos PueblaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1917-1989 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Sondra RadvanovskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Samuel RameyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 79 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Thurl RavenscroftThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1914-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Regina ResnikThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1922-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Stella RomanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1904-1992 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Elinor RossThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1926-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lillian RussellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1860-1922 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Arlene SaundersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1930-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Friedrich SchorrThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1888-1953 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Elisabeth SchumannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1888-1952 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ernestine Schumann-HeinkThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1861-1936 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Renata ScottoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marcella SembrichThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1858-1935 (Romantic)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Anoushka ShankarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Neil ShicoffThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
George ShirleyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nadine SierraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 33 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Beverly SillsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1929-2007 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Léopold SimoneauThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1916-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Breanna SinclairéThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 30 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Frederica von StadeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Eleanor SteberThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1916-1990 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jim SteinmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1947-2021 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Risë StevensThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1913-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Teresa StratasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 83 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Fyodor StravinskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1843-1902 (Romantic)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Cheryl StuderThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Blanche ThebomThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1915-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jess ThomasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1927-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Lawrence TibbettThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1896-1960 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Mel TorméThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1925-1999 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Huguette TourangeauThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1938-2018 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jennie TourelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1900-1973 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Helen TraubelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1899-1972 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Tatiana TroyanosThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1938-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Richard TuckerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1913-1975 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Alice TullyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1902-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Irena Turkevycz-MartynecThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1899-1983 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Fernando del ValleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ramón VargasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Astrid VarnayThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1918-2006 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Shirley VerrettThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1931-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jon VickersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1926-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rolando VillazónThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rufus WainwrightThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Erin WallThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1975-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Leonard WarrenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1911-1960 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Charles W. ClarkThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1865-1925 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Willard WhiteThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 74 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Spencer WilliamsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1889-1965 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Camilla WilliamsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1919-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Dolora ZajickThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
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